U.S. News
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U.S. stock futures rose, indicating the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will extend its longest streak of weekly gains in three months, as investors awaited reports that may show retail sales and consumer sentiment rose.
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Retail sales in the U.S. increased in September at the fastest pace in six months, boosted by vehicle purchases, economists said before a report this week.
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Amy Haenner, a broker at Legacy Lending Group in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is processing eight mortgages this week. None of them are for home purchases.
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Federal Reserve policy makers are giving commodity prices their due.